How do you connect to a pc server from a mac?

I've got a macbook and the computers at my work are all pcs. I want to get connected to their server, and I'm not sure if I have to buy the office business addition to do that? I heard that I'm suppose to get remote desktop to be able to do that easily, but I want to see if there's another way. Thanks!How do you connect to a pc server from a mac?
What is your definition of connect? Are you wanting to access shared folders? If so then yes you can do that without buying any software. Mac has built in utilities to connect to Windows Shares. The issue is, you want be able to write any data to them if they are formatted in NTFS, which is what all newer Windows operating systems default to. You can browse the folder and download stuff from it to your Mac, but won't be able to upload or make changes to the files. There are ways around this. NTFS-3G is a piece of software that you can have write access to NTFS shares with. I will warn you that some users have had serious issues after installing it. I personally use it and have had no issues though. Here are the instructions on how to connect to the share: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1568 .





If you are trying to connect to the server to do administrative duties, you can use Remote Desktop for Mac. It's a free download from Microsoft's website.